Setting the Stage Campaign | Huntington Theatre Company

The Setting the Stage Campaign: Mission Accomplished!

On December 31, 2006, the Huntington Theatre Company successfully completed its first-ever capital and endowment campaign — raising more than $24.2 million! The Setting the Stage Campaign was launched in 2000 to build both the Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts and to establish the Huntington's organizational endowment. The completion of the original Campaign was celebrated in 2004 with the opening of the Pavilion.

In 2004 an anonymous corporate foundation offered the Huntington $1.5 million, challenging it to raise its endowment goal from $7 to $10 million by December 2006. The Campaign goal was increased to $24.2 million in response to this challenge. The completion of this challenge puts the Huntington's total endowment at $10 million, resulting in a secure foundation on which to build our future.

We would like to thank all who played a leading role in the success of this Campaign. December 31, 2006 marked the end of our Campaign and signified the beginning of a solid and bright future for the Huntington — a future supported and strengthened through the participation of each individual, foundation, and corporation listed below. The achievement of our goal could not have been reached without their enormous generosity, their recognition of the importance of building an organizational endowment, and their fervent belief in the Huntington's vital role as a cultural leader in Boston.

To all who helped "set the stage," we extend a heartfelt THANK YOU!

Announcing The Harry Kondoleon Playwriting Fund

Read Setting the Stage: The Campaign for the Huntington Theatre Company (pdf)

As part of the Setting the Stage Campaign, we are proud to announce the creation of The Harry Kondoleon Playwriting Fund, a named fund within the Huntington's endowment. Created by Huntington Overseer Christine Kondoleon and her husband Fred Wittmann with an initial gift of $50,000, this fund will serve as a permanent tribute to Christine's brother Harry Kondoleon, a talented playwright and author who died in 1994 at the age of 39. This endowed fund will generate income that will help to support the Huntington's outstanding new play development initiative, including the Huntington Playwriting Fellows program and the Breaking Ground Festival of new play readings.

To date, $160,000 has been contributed to The Harry Kondoleon Playwriting Fund. We gratefully acknowledge the following donors for their generosity:

Christine Kondoleon and Fred Wittmann
Mitchell Lichtenstein and Victor Sanchez
Bill and Linda McQuillan
Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Family Foundation, Inc.
Mark O'Donnell
Robyn Goodman
Nicholas Cola

To make an endowment gift and help us achieve our endowment challenge goal or to make a gift to The Harry Kondoleon Fund which will also help to achieve our endowment challenge, please contact Howard L. Breslau, Director of Development at 617 273-1547, or hbreslau@huntingtontheatre.bu.edu.

Setting the Stage Campaign Donors

$3,000,000+ The Calderwood Charitable Foundation Stanford* and Norma Jean Calderwood $1,000,000-$2,999,999 Nancy and Edward Roberts The Kresge Foundation J. David and Virginia C.* Wimberly 2 anonymous gifts $500,000-$999,999 Disque and Carol Deane Ronald M. Druker and The Bertram A. Druker Charitable Foundation Bill and Linda McQuillan Stephen and Barbara Roop $250,000-$499,999 Sherryl and Gerard Cohen Betsy and David Epstein John Hancock Financial Services, Inc. Esther B. Kahn Charitable Foundation William and Anne Haney Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Family Foundation, Inc. Ms. Susan B. Kaplan and Nancy and Mark Belsky The Judith and Douglas Krupp Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Thorne+ 2 anonymous gifts $100,000-$249,999 Cabot Family Charitable Trust Stephen and Suzanne Chapman Amey A. DeFriez Grace and Ted Fey Arthur C. and Eloise W. Hodges Elizabeth and Woody Ives Jane's Trust John and Marilyn Keane Alan and Harriet Lewis Liberty Mutual Foundation Massachusetts Cultural Council E. Lee and Slocumb Hollis Perry Mitchell and Jill Roberts John and Susan Spooner State Street Foundation Linda and Brooks Zug 1 anonymous gift	$50,000-$99,999 Constance and William* Bennett Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Burnes, Jr. Elizabeth Washburn Cabot Ronni and Ronald Casty Ken and Ginny Colburn Robert and Caroline Collings James Dillon and Stone Wiske Susan Ellerin In memory of Albert A. Ellerin Eric Geller and Cathy Thorn Cassandra and Hod Irvine Nada and Steven Kane Steve and Michelle Karol Christine Kondoleon and Frederic Wittmann Joie and Dan Lemaitre David P. Manfredi Dola Hamilton Stemberg Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Walters Wilson Butler Architects Christopher R. Yens and Temple V. Gill $25,000-$49,999 Bruce and Denise Bauman Evy Blum and Steve Thomas J. William Codinha and Carolyn Thayer Ross Marilynn A. Davis FleetBoston Financial Foundation Nina and Sam Frankenheim Tom and Nancy Hamilton Jane and Fred Jamieson Katherine D. Kane Davey and Kristine Scoon Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family Foundation Gordon and Terrie Shearer Tom and Karen Tierney Stephen M. Weiner and Donald G. Cornuet Mr. and Mrs. John T. Williams * deceased + deferred gift as of July 21, 2006

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